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It's not as if we’re going to stop the forward march of AI: lawsuits and enraged authors don’t count for much in the advance of technology, and as a society we don’t have a good track record of asking whether we should do something; we’re only
Stories are what make us human. Ever since we had proper language, we’ve been telling stories to each other to overcome our fears, to understand the world better, to become better humans. So reading isn’t just the best thing you can do for your
Art is about showing the invisible, expressing the unconfessed, and comprehending the incomprehensible. Or, as George Bernard Shaw said more eloquently, “without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”
Art is about showing the invisible, expressing the unconfessed, and comprehending the incomprehensible. Or, as George Bernard Shaw said more eloquently, “without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”
Many people would say that art and science live in completely different areas in the brain, and in people’s consciousness. I know you take issue with that assumption. Let’s talk about it.
Roland Barthes has famously remarked, Literature is the question minus the answer. So you have to be ready for some challenges, some ambiguity, some blank walls. Literature isn’t a main course of a lovely dinner; you have to embrace it, interac
It's probably true, as they say, that every story has already been told... and retold... and retold. Like the people in marketing say, though, it's all about spin. And you could do worse than to re-spin some of the classics. I'm not talking Sha
It's probably true, as they say, that every story has already been told... and retold... and retold. Like the people in marketing say, though, it's all about spin. And you could do worse than to re-spin some of the classics. I'm not talking Sha
It's probably true, as they say, that every story has already been told... and retold... and retold. Like the people in marketing say, though, it's all about spin. And you could do worse than to re-spin some of the classics. I'm not talking Sha
It's probably true, as they say, that every story has already been told... and retold... and retold. Like the people in marketing say, though, it's all about spin. And you could do worse than to re-spin some of the classics. I'm not talking Sha
Here’s what happened. My mother was American, but my father was French and I grew up living in France. My mother was, however, a voracious reader, about 98% of which was in English, and we always had English-language books around the house. She
What is considered “political” when we’re writing fiction? Are we just talking about works dealing with topics like war, oppression, instability, or injustice? Or is it also anything regarding social identity and issues—like race, gender, and e
There may be things in your world that are stormy or sullen, but you can break through them and discover another world. And the rest disappears. The thoughts about checking your email or what time it is or all the myriad things that are interr
Vision is our primary sense, and 70% of our sensory receptors in the body are in the eyes. So it’s no wonder that what we see can dramatically affect us and our emotions.The Greeks considered ekphrasis important for developing written and perc
It’s really easy for creative people to self-sabotage. We work in isolation, which can sometimes lead to discouragement. But there’s hope! Meditation creates an inner sanctuary where you can protect your best writing self from your worst writin
Our writing practices are filled with moments of jubilation—and of dark despair. We don’t succeed where we thought we would. We are disappointed—in how to world deals with our writing, and in how we ourselves sometimes feel about it. But despai
Just as you can’t be madly in love all the time, you also don’t always feel inspired to write. In this podcast, Jeannette helps writers kickstart their imaginations and find the inspiration that provides the greatest “rush” of all by identifyin
We’ve all experienced it to some extent, and it’s cost us all hours of fatigue, distress, and even despair. Writer’s burnout is a state of exhaustion that manifests as making you physically, mentally, and emotionally incapable of doing the most
Jeannette discusses what makes a writer, how language evolves, removing "should" from your vocabulary, and why you should read... a lot!
How the mystery genre changed from Sherlock Holmes to Father Brown
This week, the Writing Muse talks about being inspired by a tradition that's meaningful to you. Who are your mentors? What are your areas of inspiration? What can the voices of others—dead and alive—tell you to inform your own writing practice?
Much of being creative is mysterious. In fact, creativity is in a sense a mystery religion! And humans by their nature want everything to be clear and understandable. But touching our innermost creativity means not just connecting with mystery,
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